38.2% ▲ +85.8%
Lower than 64% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Religion in Bounded Locality
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
A shift toward secularism has defined Bounded Locality, where the number of people reporting no religion jumped 18 percentage points since 2011. While nearly half the population still identifies as Christian, the area now mirrors the national trend of declining religious affiliation.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
Christianity is the most common faith at 49.2%, while those with no religion make up 38.2%. This latest figure is about the same as the Australian average, though it remains lower than in most similar areas.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Bounded Locality, the largest group is Christianity at 49%, followed by No religion (38%) and Not stated (11%).
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- Catholic 16.6%
- Anglican 15.9%
- Other Christian 6.8%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.7%
- Baptist 1.2%
- Orthodox 0.2%
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- No religion 37.8%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.1%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.1%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS32/bounded-locality/topic/religion